People's Artist My Uyen
On the morning of January 10, at the summary meeting of the Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Theater Association, People's Artist My Uyen reported on the performance activities of the Ho Chi Minh City Small Stage Drama Theater.
She said that in early 2024, in addition to the play "Toy World" reviewed on the afternoon of January 10, "5B" started staging the play "Father's Love" by the late Meritorious Artist Thanh Hoang.
The play will be called "Face to Face", and will be performed on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon. This is a script that was staged in 1980, under the name "Video Letter".
The story is about a son who disobeyed his father and came to America with a desire to change his life. In a foreign land, the harsh life reminded him of what his father taught him, and he worried about taking care of his family.
Once he had saved up enough money, he became a wealthy restaurant owner and continued to support his father and siblings. Meanwhile, back home, his siblings lied to continue to extort money from him to live a dissolute life and gamble.
When he realized his own tragedy, his father also suffered because of his indifference and apathy.
People's Artist My Uyen and the wife of the late Meritorious Artist Thanh Hoang in front of his portrait
In the late 1980s, the script "Father, I Love You" was awarded a high prize at the City-wide Mass Theater Festival, and then became a popular play of the 5B Experimental Theater Club (the predecessor of the current Ho Chi Minh City Small Stage Theater).
In 2007, Meritorious Artist Thanh Hoang brought this script to the stage, gathering artists such as Viet Anh, Cong Ninh, Cat Tuong, Hoang Son, Thanh Hai... And today, facing the lack of good scripts, Director - People's Artist My Uyen and the crew remembered the play "Father loves".
"Director Chanh Truc and I discussed and searched for many new issues surrounding the lives of Vietnamese people in foreign countries to update and include in the script of Dear Father. There are many issues revolving around labor export and the dream of changing one's life in the vortex of making a living of Vietnamese workers. At that time, when the script was born, only videos were used to film, but today there are many modern devices, along with digital platforms, so the play needs to be generalized to maintain the humanity and timeliness of the play to suit contemporary life" - People's Artist My Uyen said.
The play "Face to Face" brings together a cast of artists including: My Uyen, Chanh Truc, To Thien Kieu, Trong Hieu, Ky Thien Canh, Kim Dao, Quoc Cuong... along with the return to the wooden floor of artist Le Kham.
The theater will hold an introductory performance on the evening of January 24, then officially perform on Lunar New Year 2024.
People's Artist My Uyen and the late Meritorious Artist Thanh Hoang accompanied the 5B Small Stage Drama Theater through many stages, both of them witnessed many ups and downs of the play "5B". "Therefore, when recreating "Father's Love", I missed Thanh Hoang very much. His family was also very happy to know that "5B" will re-create this script for this year's Tet season" - People's Artist My Uyen said.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/nsnd-my-uyen-cap-nhat-doi-song-cong-nghe-cho-vo-cha-yeu-196240110113843604.htm
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